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    William The Conquror 2 (3059)

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    William changed England by establishing the feudal system after his Norman conquest in 1066. This system centralized power in the king and allowed William to control land and demand loyalty from his tenants. He had Domesday Book compiled through extensive surveys to gain knowledge of land ownership and tax revenue potential throughout England. The book established Norman control and that around 250 individuals, mostly Norman settlers, owned all the land in England. William built motte and bailey castles across the country to assert his military dominance.

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    William changed England by establishing the feudal system after his Norman conquest in 1066. This system centralized power in the king and allowed William to control land and demand loyalty from his tenants. He had Domesday Book compiled through extensive surveys to gain knowledge of land ownership and tax revenue potential throughout England. The book established Norman control and that around 250 individuals, mostly Norman settlers, owned all the land in England. William built motte and bailey castles across the country to assert his military dominance.

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    William changed England by establishing the feudal system after his Norman conquest in 1066. This system centralized power in the king and allowed William to control land and demand loyalty from his tenants. He had Domesday Book compiled through extensive surveys to gain knowledge of land ownership and tax revenue potential throughout England. The book established Norman control and that around 250 individuals, mostly Norman settlers, owned all the land in England. William built motte and bailey castles across the country to assert his military dominance.

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    William The Conquror 2 (3059)

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    William changed England by establishing the feudal system after his Norman conquest in 1066. This system centralized power in the king and allowed William to control land and demand loyalty from his tenants. He had Domesday Book compiled through extensive surveys to gain knowledge of land ownership and tax revenue potential throughout England. The book established Norman control and that around 250 individuals, mostly Norman settlers, owned all the land in England. William built motte and bailey castles across the country to assert his military dominance.

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    How did William change England?

    Made by: Belal Mohamed Yara Hana


    What is the Feudal
    System?

    •The feudal system is a way of ruling a


    nation, were the king gives land for the
    barons and the barons in return give him
    knights and soldiers. The barons then give
    land to the knights and the knights fight
    for the barons in return. At last, the
    knights give protection, shelter and food
    for the peasants and the peasants give
    farm and some of their land, rent, and
    work for the knights.
    •The Feudal System allowed William
    to control land in England during
    his reign, fearing possible revolts
    against him, William gathered his
    tenants – in chief- together at Old
    Sarum and made them take an oath
    of loyalty to him. This was a way of
    William demonstrating his power
    over England and trying to secure
    his own land.

    It wasn’t fair because it gave


    uneven opportunities. His position
    depended on their family.
    Castles: Motte and
    Bailey

    • The motte and baily are two type of


    structures in which the motte is a type of
    hill where the king can stay up inside
    while the archers are shooting from
    above when enemies are going to
    charge.
    The last line of defence was this
    great tower. The Normans had a The mound of
    good view of the surrounding earth was called
    area from up there to see any a motte.
    approaching attackers.

    All of the fences


    are made of
    wood.

    A drawbridge to
    get over the deep
    ditch. 1eq

    The large courtyard was called a bailey. A deep ditch around the
    It contained stables, barracks for castle was an extra defence.
    soldiers, storehouses and a kitchen.
    THE
    DOOMSDAY
    BOOK
    • Around Christmas 1085, William sent
    officials to visit towns and villages all
    over England and ask a series of
    detailed questions. In each village,
    they interviewed the priest, the
    steward (the man who organized the
    farm work), and six elderly people.
    The officials (and the soldiers who
    travelled with them) visited over
    13000 villages in less than a year –
    this was very quick by medieval
    standards. A second group of officials
    visited the villages later to check the
    people who had been honest.
    The Books
    However, William
    •The book gave
    never got to see
    William knowledge.
    It meant: the finished book
    •All the records from in use. He was in
    • He could work
    the surveys were He was in
    out how much
    sent to Winchester Normandy
    each person in
    where one wrote it 1087and, while
    England could
    all down in Latin. The riding his horse,
    afford to pay him
    surveys filled two he slipped forward
    in taxes.
    huge books (which
    are together called • He knew exactly in his saddle and
    the Domesday Book) how many people burst open his
    and contained he could get to bladder. He died in
    approximately two fight for him. agony. He
    million words. • He could settle wouldn’t have
    any quarrels over been able to read
    who owned it himself anyway
    which bit of land. – he couldn’t read
    What does the Domesday Book
    In the years before
    tell us? 1066, England was
    controlled by Anglo –
    Saxons – now it was
    mainly controlled by
    There were around many
    10000 Norman settler. foreigners.Anglo–
    Norman
    England Saxons

    Around ten of King


    Williams important King William and his
    followers controlled 25 family directly controlled
    per cent of England around 20 per cent of the
    land.
    between them.
    170 other Normans
    controlled the rest – this
    meant all the land in
    England was held by just
    250 people
    Fun Facts
    The Feudal
    Motte and
    system:
    Bailey

    Feudalism was
    established in The castle is
    other parts in named after
    Europe before Norman words.
    1066 and the
    Norman conquest
    England.
    The Domesday
    Book

    It listed over
    13,000 places in
    England and
    parts of Wales

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